First waste to charcoal plant operates in Varanasi with NTPC collaboration

Varanasi has established India's first waste-to-charcoal plant in collaboration with NTPC at the Ramna sewage treatment plant, processing 400 tons of city waste daily. District Magistrate Satyendra Kumar reviewed the plant's operations, waste disposal, and charcoal production. He instructed the executing agency to inform local residents about the plant's activities and display a waste processing flowchart.